1st Edition
Living with Separation in China Anthropological Accounts
By Charles Stafford
Copyright 2003
208 Pages
by
Routledge
208 Pages
by
Routledge
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First Published in 2004. Separation for example the process of leaving behind, temporarily or permanently, individuals to whom we are attached is something experienced by humans in all societies. In the case of China, the rituals and practices associated with separation and with its corollary, reunion are especially elaborate. They are crucial elements within the Chinese cultural tradition. In... Read more
Chapter 1 Introduction, Charles Stafford; Chapter 2 Singing of separation, lamenting loss, Elizabeth Lominska Johnson; Chapter 3 Separations, autonomy and recognition in the production of gender differences, P. Steven Sangren; Chapter 4 An unsafe distance, Stephan Feuchtwang; Chapter 5 Dams and dreams, Jing Jun; Chapter 6 The ‘glorious returns’ of Chinese pilgrims to Mecca, Maris Gillette; Chapter 7 Exiles and reunion, Nicholas Tapp; Chapter 8 Linguistic and social patterns of separation and reunion, Raymond Firth;
Biography
Charles Stafford is Reader in Anthropology at the London School of Economics and Political Science.
